Mojado Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Cowboy Spring Formation |
Overlies | U-Bar Formation |
Thickness | 5,150–7,800 feet (1,570–2,380 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Shale, limestone, siltstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 31°30′21″N 108°23′14″W / 31.505910°N 108.387181°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Mojado Pass |
Named by | R.A. Zeller Jr. |
Year defined | 1962 |
The Mojado Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the early Cretaceous period. [1] [2]
The formation consists mostly of sandstone and shale, with some limestone, and siltstone. [3] It rests conformably on the U-Bar Formation [2] and is unconformably overlain by the Cowboy Spring Formation.The total thickness is 5,150–7,800 feet (1,570–2,380 m). [4]
Lucas and his coinvestigators assigned the formation to the Bisbee Group and divided it into the Fryingpan Spring, Sarten, Beartooth, and Rattlesnake Ridge members. [3]
The Fryingpan Spring Member is interpreted as continental deltaic sedimentation. [5] The Sarten Member is fluvial while the Rattlesnake Ridge Member represents a return to shallow marine conditions. [6]
The formation contains fossil mollusks such as gastropods, ammonites, and pelecypod, [2] foraminifera, and scaphopods. These date the formation to the late Albian. [4]
The formation name was first used by Zeller in 1962, [1] but he did not formally name the formation until 1965. [2] In 1998, Lucas and coinvestigators assigned the formation to the Bisbee Group and divided it into the Fryingpan Spring, Sarten, Beartooth, and Rattlesnake Ridge members. [3] However, Lawton abandoned the Beartooth Member in 2004. [6]
Mojado Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Cowboy Spring Formation |
Overlies | U-Bar Formation |
Thickness | 5,150–7,800 feet (1,570–2,380 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Shale, limestone, siltstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 31°30′21″N 108°23′14″W / 31.505910°N 108.387181°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Mojado Pass |
Named by | R.A. Zeller Jr. |
Year defined | 1962 |
The Mojado Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the early Cretaceous period. [1] [2]
The formation consists mostly of sandstone and shale, with some limestone, and siltstone. [3] It rests conformably on the U-Bar Formation [2] and is unconformably overlain by the Cowboy Spring Formation.The total thickness is 5,150–7,800 feet (1,570–2,380 m). [4]
Lucas and his coinvestigators assigned the formation to the Bisbee Group and divided it into the Fryingpan Spring, Sarten, Beartooth, and Rattlesnake Ridge members. [3]
The Fryingpan Spring Member is interpreted as continental deltaic sedimentation. [5] The Sarten Member is fluvial while the Rattlesnake Ridge Member represents a return to shallow marine conditions. [6]
The formation contains fossil mollusks such as gastropods, ammonites, and pelecypod, [2] foraminifera, and scaphopods. These date the formation to the late Albian. [4]
The formation name was first used by Zeller in 1962, [1] but he did not formally name the formation until 1965. [2] In 1998, Lucas and coinvestigators assigned the formation to the Bisbee Group and divided it into the Fryingpan Spring, Sarten, Beartooth, and Rattlesnake Ridge members. [3] However, Lawton abandoned the Beartooth Member in 2004. [6]